/*
 *  Copyright (C) 2009  Peter Kist & Jan Ripke
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#ifndef __galaxy_modulemanager_h
#define __galaxy_modulemanager_h 1

#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>

#include <Core/Mediator/Consumer.h>
#include <Core/Kernel/AppContext.h>

namespace galaxy {

    class ModuleManager 
    {
    public:

        ModuleManager(void) {};
        virtual ~ModuleManager(void) {};

        virtual const char * moduleName () = 0;

        virtual bool initialize () = 0;
        virtual bool postInitialize () = 0;
        virtual boost::thread * startManagerThread () = 0;
        virtual void terminateThread () = 0;
        virtual bool preDestroy () = 0;
        virtual bool destroy () = 0;

        AppContext& appContext() { return AppContext::singleton (); };
    };

} // namespace galaxy

#endif // __galaxy_modulemanager_h //
